Saturday Kickaround

*As best as I can surmise, the six D.C. United players not on the game-day roster tonight against Chivas USA (11 p.m. ET, Fox Soccer Channel) are GK Milos Kocic, D Anthony Peters, D Greg Janicki, MF John DiRaimondo, MF Brandon Barklage and MF Boyzzz Khumalo. Don't be surprised if Janicki, and perhaps Barklage, are in the starting lineup Wednesday vs. New York for the U.S. Open Cup play-in match.

*USA goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann is available after being released by Reading. Listen to this radio interview. "I knew it was coming ... but it was still hard to take. ... I'm not done playing in England yet."

*Marta scored her fourth goal of the season in the 80th minute as the Los Angeles Sol solidified its hold of first place in WPS with a 1-0 victory over Sky Blue in front of 6,115 at Home Depot Center. Was she offside? Check the video:

Hahnemann to DC would be amazing, but there's no realistic scenario for him coming to DC or MLS. WIth his numbers and no transfer fee involved, he'll get offers in England and wants to stay. Too bad! It's ironic that the top US league can't hang on to good US keepers, partly because of the cap-and-DP system as it is.

Doesn't the league seem thin at the position nowadays? Oh well, let's hope more goals = more fans anyway.

Chivas USA flashback courtesy of Telemundo. Former Goats del Home Depot forward Paco Palencia came on for Pumas on the 64th minutes as they trailed 2-1 overall in the 2nd leg of their home and away series w Tecos.

Palencia scored the crucial series tying goal in the 85th. That gave Pumas the overall lead since in Mexico's playoffs the higher seeded teams wins the tiebreaker if teams are tied on aggregate. Palencia just set up the 3rd goal w a nice pass to his teammate Toledo in stoppage time for a little extra.

Last week Gooch Onyewu was named the Jupiler League player of the week in Belgium. On the final game of the season today his Standard Liege team and Anderlecht were tied in the standings.

Anderlecht won 2-0 at mid-table Racing Genk while Standard was having a tougher time hanging on to a 1-0 lead at 4th place Ghent. In the 90th minute the ref awarded Gent a PK as Onyewu was called for a foul. Luckily for Gooch, Sinan Bolat saved it for his teammates and they hung on for the tie.

Now Standard and Liege will have a 2-leg playoff to determine the Belgian Champ.

That's the way the matchtrackers say it went although I should have wrote the last minute PK save allowed Standard to hang on to the WIN - which gave them the 3 points they needed to remain tied for 1st place and force a playoff w Anderlecht.